Edoardo Mulargia (10 December 1925 – 7 September 2005) was an Italian director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in

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, Mulargia graduated in Law, first working as a journalist, then directing numerous scientific and industrial short films. After being assistant of

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and

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in 1963, he made his feature film debut with ''Le due leggi''. As a film director, Mulargia specialized in the

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genre, in which he was usually credited as Tony Moore and Edward G. Muller. In the 1980s, he abandoned cinema to work for

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television.

Selected filmography

* '' The Invincible Brothers Maciste'' (screenwriter, 1964) * ''

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'' (screenwriter, 1964) * ''

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'' (screenwriter, 1965) * '' Perché uccidi ancora'' (director and screenwriter, 1965) * ''

Cjamango ''Cjamango'' is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western starring Ivan Rassimov billed as Sean Todd. The film was officially released in Germany as ''Django Kreuze im Blutigen Sand'', as another unofficial sequel to the 1966 film ''Django''. The film '' ...

'' (director, 1967) * '' The Reward's Yours... The Man's Mine'' (director and screenwriter, 1969) * ''

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'' (director and screenwriter, 1970) * ''

W Django! ''W Django!'' (also known as ''A Man Called Django!'' and ''Viva Django'') is a 1971 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Edoardo Mulargia and starring Anthony Steffen. Plot With the help of the horse thief Carranza, Django tracks down an ...

'' (director, 1971) * '' La figliastra'' (director, 1976) * '' Orinoco: Prigioniere del sesso'' (director, 1979) – American re-edited version: ''

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'' (1985, with

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) * '' Escape from Hell'' (director, 1980)

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* 1925 births 2005 deaths Italian film directors 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters People from the Province of Nuoro Italian male journalists 20th-century Italian journalists 20th-century Italian male writers {{Italy-film-bio-stub